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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. At what time does Jess actually arrive in Paris?
2. To which of the following does Sophie compare Jess?
3. How does the novel gloss "arrête ça"?
4. How does the novel gloss "comprenez-vous"?
5. Which of the following does the shadowy figure that startled Jess outside the building carry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What reason does Antoine’s wife voice for not disclosing information to Jess?
2. What opinion about Englishmen is voiced that Ben belies (37)?
3. What relationship do Jess and Ben have?
4. What does Jess note is her main problem in life (24)?
5. What does Jess see in the first-floor apartment from the vantage of the hidden staircase?
6. How does the concierge describe her lodgings?
7. What reasons are given for separating Ben and Jess via adoption?
8. During their first meeting, Jess and Mendelson both order a particular drink. What is it and what is notable about it?
9. What reasons does Ben note for feeling that “Jess could hardly have chosen a worse time to decide to come and stay” with him (1)?
10. What history of the building does Nick rehearse to Jess?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Explicate the significance of Amsterdam being the setting for the events that take place in it.
Essay Topic 2
References to particular software platforms and businesses in the novel set it in a specific point in time. How might the novel have been different if set in another major cultural moment, such as the 1970s, 1980s, or 1990s? Why would it have been different in those ways?
Essay Topic 3
Much is made of the Parisian setting of the bulk of the novel. How might the novel have been different if set in another major world city, such as New York City, London, Los Angeles, Shanghai, or Rome? Why would it have been different in those ways?
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